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NongHyup offers 50 billion won in interest-free aid to cattle farms
NongHyup will provide 50 billion won in interest-free aid to livestock farms in South Korea affected by lumpy skin disease.
The funds are intended to help pay for disinfection, urgent disease control, recovery and prevention.
The disease has reached 303 cases nationwide, the highest total since 2023, as of November 9.
It is a viral illness in cattle that spreads through blood-feeding insects such as mosquitoes.
This year’s first case was recorded in Sunchang on July 16, and the disease has since spread to several provinces.
NongHyup has operated an emergency response room since July and is supporting vaccination and pest-control work.
The funding is meant to help farms recover and limit further spread, while those response efforts continue.
NongHyup will provide 50 billion won in interest-free emergency disaster funds to livestock farms affected by lumpy skin disease.
The funds are intended for disinfection, emergency control, recovery and prevention activities.
South Korea had recorded 303 cases as of November 9, the highest total since 2023.
NongHyup has operated an emergency disease-control situation room since July.
- Who
- NongHyup, the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.
- What
- It will provide 50 billion won in interest-free emergency disaster funds to livestock farms affected by lumpy skin disease.
- When
- The announcement was made on November 11, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- To help affected farms disinfect, control the disease, recover and prevent further spread.
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The first lumpy skin disease case of the year was reported in Sunchang, South Jeolla Province.
NongHyup has operated an emergency disease-control situation room.
South Korea’s cumulative case count reached 303.
NongHyup announced 50 billion won in interest-free emergency disaster funds for affected farms.
- Aid amount
- 50 billion won
- Interest rate
- 0%
- Cumulative cases
- 303 as of November 9, 2026
- First reported case
- Sunchang, South Jeolla Province, on July 16, 2026
- Disease-control teams
- 540 joint control teams operated by NongHyup
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What people are saying
I hope this funding will help livestock farms struggling with lumpy skin disease quickly restore normal operations.
We will do our utmost to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease and bring it to an early end.